SPATULA SCIENTIST - Jimmy Zamora of American Legion Post 942 in Sugar Land models how to hold a barbecue rib flipper for entrants into the post’s 1st annual Battle of the Barrels Barbecue Contest. Zamora, a Vietnam military veteran, is the contact person for teams that want to compete in the fun-loving, good eating contest. less

SPATULA SCIENTIST - Jimmy Zamora of American Legion Post 942 in Sugar Land models how to hold a barbecue rib flipper for entrants into the post’s 1st annual Battle of the Barrels Barbecue Contest. Zamora, a ... more

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SPATULA SCIENTIST - Jimmy Zamora of American Legion Post 942 in Sugar Land models how to hold a barbecue rib flipper for entrants into the post’s 1st annual Battle of the Barrels Barbecue Contest. Zamora, a Vietnam military veteran, is the contact person for teams that want to compete in the fun-loving, good eating contest. less

SPATULA SCIENTIST - Jimmy Zamora of American Legion Post 942 in Sugar Land models how to hold a barbecue rib flipper for entrants into the post’s 1st annual Battle of the Barrels Barbecue Contest. Zamora, a ... more

The first annual Battle of the Barrels barbecue cooking contest will be hosted by American Legion Post 942 of Sugar Land at the post’s grounds at 311 Ulrich St. in Sugar Land on Saturday, Oct. 18. Teams will be allowed to only use a barrel style barbecue grill for cooking. No fancy barbecue pits will be allowed in this challenging barbecue contest.

“Each team will have to cook both chicken and pork ribs using only the barrel,” said AL Post 942 spokesman Jimmy Zamora . “We expect to have some really fine cooks show up for this challenging and fun contest, so we will be awarding trophies to first, second, and third place contestants after the judges make their decisions.”

Barbecue teams that wish to enter the contest should telephone the event organizer Jimmy Zamora at 832-677-7017 to arrange their entry into the contest. “We think that turnout for this contest will be so great that we plan to make this an annual event,” he said.

Barbecue teams will start cooking at 9 a.m. The general public is invited to arrive at noon. Judging of the barbecue will take place at 6 p.m. Members, friends and visitors will have the opportunity to sample the barbecue.

AL Post 942, sponsor for the event, is one of the oldest posts in the Fort Bend area, and is named after its founder Raymond Freeman.

The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to helping fellow veterans and is the nation’s largest wartime veteran’s service organization.